{"product_id":"red-crosses-9781609456931","title":"Red Crosses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSasha Filipenko traces the arc of Russian history from Stalin's terror to the present day, in a novel full of heart and humanity.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne struggles not to forget, while the other would like nothing better. Tatiana Alexeyevna is an old woman, over ninety, rich in lived experience, and suffering from Alzheimer's. Every day, she loses a few more of her irreplaceable memories. Alexander is a young man whose life has been brutally torn in two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTatiana tells her young neighbor her life story, a story that encompasses the entire Russian 20th century with all its horrors and hard-won humanity. Little by little, the old woman and the young man forge an unlikely friendship and make a pact against forgetting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFilipenko, Sasha:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSasha Filipenko\u003c\/strong\u003e, born in Minsk in 1984, is a Belarusian author who writes in Russian. After abandoning his classical music training, he studied literature in St. Petersburg and worked as a journalist, screenwriter and author for a satire show. Sasha Filipenko lives in St. Petersburg.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaer, Brian James:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrian James Baer\u003c\/strong\u003e is the founding editor of the journal \u003cem\u003eTranslation and Interpreting Studies\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the translator of \u003cem\u003eStories\u003c\/em\u003e by Mikhail Zhvanetsky and \u003cem\u003eNot Just Brodsky\u003c\/em\u003e by Sergei Dovlatov, and the author of the monograph Other Russias (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVayner, Elln:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEllen Vayner\u003c\/strong\u003e has translated short stories, magazine interviews, and a conceptual artistic project. Her first full-length translation was \u003cem\u003eSacred Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Europa Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50561345487122,"sku":"9781609456931","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0d919044-9232-4f62-979d-58271176e2b5.jpg?v=1731846113","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/red-crosses-9781609456931","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}